Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006

Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 .

16 February 2006

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 August 2006.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Regulations 1998 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Fees)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting:

Type of fee	Section of Act	Amount payable
1. Application for registration	Section 23(1)(c)	$250
2. Annual registration fee	Sections 23(1)(c) and 39(2)(a)
(a) general registration	Section 19
(i) for retired practitioners		$75
(ii) for other practitioners		$400
(b) conditional registration (supervised trainees)	Section 20	$400
(c) conditional registration (special purposes)	Section 21	$400
(d) non-practising registration	Section 22	$75
3. Late fee	Section 39(3)	$100
4. Restoration fee	Section 42(2)(d)	$125
5. Fee for replacement certificate of registration	Section 31(4)	$35
6. Application for additional particulars or qualifications to be recorded in register	Section 35(2)(a)	$35
7. Fee to inspect register	Section 36(1)	$10
8. Fee to obtain copy of or extract from register	Section 36(2)	$5 per page
9. Fee to obtain copy of notice	Section 37(2)	$5 per page

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 1 March 2006

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Regulations 1998 by –

(a) increasing the annual registration fee and certain other fees payable under the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 ; and

(b) introducing a reduced registration fee for retired and non-practising medical practitioners.